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There is a new way to process students into Universities that are using Peoplesoft SIS. It is called WebCenter Content and it is built by Oracle. The first installation in the country is in full production at San Jose State University (SJSU).Continue reading →

ImageSource recently announced the winners of the 2011 Nexus Customer Partner Awards. The winners all show exceptional and innovative ways of utilizing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) technologies and include San Jose State University, ESCO Corporation and Mira Costa College.

The PeopleSoft ERP system you use for Student Information Services (SIS) has been built to support nationwide and world wide applications. As such, it cannot provide unique challenges for each business need.Typically, we see IT shops and business directors working around the deficiencies in the product in an attempt to meet specific business objectives. We also see universities purchasing complimentary products to try to meet specific needs and requirements.

From an IT perspective, the cost to write custom code to modify PeopleSoft is prohibitive, or the software simply cannot meet the business objectives. With this in mind, ImageSource, a systems integrator for Oracle, has built several modules for higher education that will have a dramatic effect on how universities conduct business. The integration is codeless, so although we “talk back and forward” to PeopleSoft, there is little requirement to have PeopleSoft technical staff supporting the project.

This new module provides true business workflow that can be designed and built by the business unit, allowing work to be pushed out to the specified knowledge workers. The pilot project recently completed at major California University has been deemed a complete success. This solution now allows them to provide critical real time service to students, parents and faculty. With the initial implementation in Finance and Student Services, this university is ready to implement the program campus-wide and gain substantial ROI.

If you’d like to know more about how this solution works please email Lynne Butler, ImageSource Higher Ed Business Consultant, at lynneb@imagesourceinc.com

A foreign student has applied to four different schools across the US. She spent two years in a community college where she received her Associate of Arts degree. She applied online at all four schools where she hopes to be accepted into a School of Engineering.

It has been three weeks and she and her family have not yet heard from any of the schools as to the status of the enrollment process.

In the meantime, hundreds, if not thousands, of new applications are being handled by enrollment services. Documents, including letters of recommendation, visas, foreign document permits, health records and transcripts are pouring into these universities. Additionally, there are automated transmissions imported into these schools in an attempt to reduce the workload of already overworked university staff.

Phones are constantly ringing with calls from concerned applicants and parents. Emails are accumulating and can no longer be answered due to volume and reduced staffing requirements.

At most institutions, this happens to be standard practice during the enrollment time period, and universities are looking at better ways to service their applicants and to help break the bottleneck in the work process.

At AACRAO in Seattle next week, ImageSource will present the answer – a view of how the student services operation will look. A major university on the west coast has accepted the challenge and is determined to change the process through true Enterprise Content Management. It should be made clear that this is not document imaging. This university will continue to use their student information system, but documents entering the university will be processed immediately and will be sent to various workflow queues where they will be pushed through the system. As information is processed, it will be uploaded to the student information system, work packages will be distributed automatically to knowledge workers, and plans are being considered to update information to student portals for self-service.

Most Higher Education institutions have a student portal where students and parents can review mounds of information. From courses completed to the amount owed to events occurring at the school, the portal provides critical data. It acts as a self-service device to drastically reduce the amount of phone calls and emails that were once necessary.

However at most institutions, the ability to get REAL TIME information for a student applicant is very difficult. Questions such as, “Did you receive my transcripts? What else do you need? When will I know if I am accepted?” continues to be a difficult task.

At AACRAO in Seattle next week, you will have the opportunity to see the first student portal that is linked in real-time to the entire back room process for student enrollment. Not only will true enterprise content management (ECM) give the applicant peace of mind, it will provide huge benefits to all departments within student services.

Stop by ImageSource booth #106 during the AACRAO exhibition and don’t forget to register for the 5pm session hosted by ImageSource.

ImageSource is really excited about the AACRAO conference being held in Seattle next week. In our booth (booth #106), we will be demonstrating how a student applying for college can go to the University portal and view the progress of their application.

This process will dramatically reduce the number of phone calls and emails that are fielded by an overworked Admissions office. At the booth, you will see the though process behind a new ECM process.

ImageSource is also giving a presentation Tuesday evening at 5 p.m. Any College, University or Higher Ed Institution looking to become more efficient when it comes to students can’t miss this.

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